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Smoke 煙（燃燒生成）
Solid and liquid particulate produced by combustion. In an entertainment context it is the output of a pyrotechnic device rather than of a fog machine, and the distinction matters legally as well as practically: smoke involves heat, residue and a different hazard class from a condensed glycol fog. Coloured smoke is a pyrotechnic composition subliming a dye, not a tinted fog.
中文
燃燒產生的固態與液態微粒。在演出場景中，它來自煙火類裝置而非煙霧機；這個區別同時具有法律與實務意義：smoke 涉及熱、殘留物，危害分類也與甘醇冷凝霧不同。彩色煙是煙火藥劑昇華染料的產物，並非染色的霧。
Easy to get wrong
"Smoke machine" is the common name for a fog machine, which makes no smoke at all. The machine condenses a fluid; nothing burns.
Coloured smoke is pyrotechnic. It is regulated as pyro, not as an atmospheric effect, and it is in practice an outdoor effect.
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Sources
- ANSI E1.23 — Design, Execution, and Maintenance of Atmospheric Effects — ESTA Technical Standards Program primary
- Theatrecrafts glossary of technical theatre terms — Theatrecrafts / ABTT heritage
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